National Sports
Allen scores first NSL goal to help Tides net 1-1 tie with Roses
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
HALIFAX — Amanda Allen struck in the 73rd minute for the host Halifax Tides in a 1-1 draw with the Montreal Roses in the Northern Super League on Saturday. Latifah Abdu gave the visitors an early lead in the fourth minute with her team-leading sixth goal of the NSL’s inaugural season. Allen’s goal was her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wyatt Langford helps the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4 in 11 innings
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
SEATTLE (AP) — Wyatt Langford hit a tiebreaking single in the 11th inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4 on Saturday. Batting with runners on the corners and nobody out, Langford sliced a fastball from Casey Legumina (4-6) into right field. Ezequiel Duran followed with a broken-bat single, driving in Sam Haggerty ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pete Alonso hits 250th homer in the Mets’ 12-6 victory over the Giants
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit his 250th career homer, Francisco Lindor drove in four runs and the New York Mets beat the San Francisco Giants 12-6 on Saturday to end a four-game losing streak. Alonso hit a 427-foot, three-run blast in the first inning to pull within two of Darryl Strawberry’s franchise record. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lionel Messi exits Inter Miami match with apparent injury
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Necaxa on Saturday night after suffering an apparent injury in the opening minutes. Messi appeared to get tripped going for the ball in the eighth minute, fell to the ground and slammed his fist in frustration before walking toward midfield as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scherzer ‘sets the tone’ in shutting down Royals’ offence
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
TORONTO — Max Scherzer delivered a much-needed classy performance for the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. The 41-year-old Scherzer (2-1) allowed one run over six innings to lift the Blue Jays (65-47) to a 4-2 win against the Kansas City Royals (55-56) for only Toronto’s second win in seven outings. The American League East-leading Blue ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!History! Braves and Reds play the MLB Speedway Classic at Bristol Motor Speedway
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Cincinnati manager Terry Francona noticed the sheer size of Bristol Motor Speedway rising up from the mountains as the Reds arrived Saturday on their buses. The best way to describe the speedway? Huge. Big enough in fact to place not one, but two baseball diamonds. Francona’s Reds need only one for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beck’s 3-run homer lifts Rockies to 8-5 win over over Pirates, Skenes
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Jordan Beck ended Paul Skenes’ scoreless streak with a three-run homer in Colorado’s six-run sixth inning, and the Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Saturday. Warming Bernabel continued his stellar start to his big-league career with two doubles and a single and Orlando Arcia homered for Colorado. Jaden Hill (1-0) picked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tiger-Cats outlast struggling Elks 28-24 for sixth straight win
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
EDMONTON — Tim White reeled in a pair of touchdown passes as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats continued their red-hot play, defeating the Edmonton Elks 28-24 on Saturday in a game that was delayed more than an hour due to lightning strikes around the Alberta capital. The Ticats (6-2) have now won six games in a row. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Romy Gonzalez hits a first-inning homer and Red Sox go on to beat Astros 7-3
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
BOSTON (AP) — Romy Gonzalez homered over the Green Monster on the first pitch faced by a Boston batter, Trevor Story added a two-run shot, and the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 7-3 on Saturday. Abraham Toro added a two-run drive — one of three homers the Red Sox hit over Fenway Park’s fabled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Naylor has RBI double in 8th inning, Guardians beat Twins 5-4 for 4th straight win
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
CLEVELAND (AP) — Bo Naylor had an RBI double in the eighth inning, JosĂ© RamĂrez and Daniel Schneeman homered and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to four with a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Schneeman had three hits, including a drive into the right-field stands to lead off the third ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tarik Skubal and AL Central-leading Tigers outduel Zack Wheeler and Phillies 7-5
By Canadian Press on August 2nd, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All-Star starter Tarik Skubal won his first game since June and Javier Baez homered, doubled and knocked in four runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Philadelphia Phillies and ace Zack Wheeler 7-5 on Saturday. Skubal (11-3) limited the Phillies (62-48) to three runs and five hits over seven innings while striking ... Read More »
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